? Guantanamo prisoner describes hunger strike motivations and what’s going on inside the facility during the hunger strike. The Economist: “Enough to make you gag: The prison is a deeply un-American disgrace. It needs to be closed rapidly.”

? Deadly riot in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Islamists who want the death penalty for those insulting Islam, greater segregation of men and women and who are opposed “to a national development policy for women”.

? Between 2009-11, “the richest 8 million families . . . saw their wealth rise from $1.7 million to $2.5 million each. Meanwhile the bottom 93% (that’s 111 million families) suffered an average . . . decline of $6,000 each.” In grand totals that’s a $5.6 trillion gain for them and a $669bn loss for us.

? WI Gov Scott Walter (R) went to America’s Small Business Summit in Washington, DC to tout his achievements. The US Chamber of Commerce released a report at the Summit which ranked WI “44th for overall economic performance and 50th–as in dead last–for short-term job growth”.